Katrina Coverage

Michael Neumann is "a professor of philosophy at Trent University in Ontario, Canada." At (stifle it!) Alexander Cockburn's (stifle it!) Counterpunch, he offers unto the world "But What About the Snipers?" Let's listen and learn:
…Now suppose you were a pissed-off thug living in filthy water, with the dead floating by, with crying, dying, frightened, […]

The 9/2 video here is of evacuee Charmaine Neville describing her experiences getting out of the 9th ward. A transcript is here.
I find some of the things she says a bit questionable, but she was obviously distraught when being taped. She says that helicopters would fly over but wouldn't ever stop, and then offers this:
A […]

There are some details of a recovery team from Kentucky here:
Coroners were separated into four-member groups with a constant military escort, including helicopters gunships, which were used to protect against snipers as the medical examiners searched the city by boat and foot.